Child&#39;s vehicle



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1,443,424. E. M. MCCLURE ET AL.

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` this application `is Patented Jan. 30, `1923.

nin: iirrrmrs r/rccrnnn 'ann JAMES OMER assrenons or cnn-THIRD ro FRANK f SOUR.,

. Application filed December To all @07mmz'z' 'm ay concern Be it known that we, Finn MILLis Mc- CLURE and` AMns 0Min: Moll/lnnrI-ir, citizens of the United States, residingat La 5 mar, in the county of Barton, State of Missouri, have invented a newA and useful Childs Vehicle, ott which the following is a speciication.

The device forming," the subject matter oi a vehicle adapted to be `used yby small children and the invention aiins to provide novel means for propelling and steering' the vehicle Another object'oi the 'invention is to provide a vehicle of the kind mentioned which may be manufactured simply and cheaplythe device being capable oif'standing hard use.

lt is within the province of thev disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the 2O utility of devices of thattype to which the n invention appertains. l

llfith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides inthe combination and arrangement of parts and in the details oi construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made 'without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln. the accompanying;l drawingszn- Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a de-` vice constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being' in section; Figure 2 is a top plan; Figure 3 is a rear elevation; F igure e is a fragmental transverse section ytaken through the trame adjacent to the forward end thereof; Figur-e 5 is an elevation showing' one ot the ,rear wheels; Figure 6 is a section ot the structure depicted inlFigrnre 5.

ln carrying out the invention, there VKis provided a `iframe l comprising' side inembers`2 in the 'form ot bars, supplied at their rear ends with depending' extensions 3. A epacerl is located between the forward ends ol.' the side bars 2 and is held in place by securing, elements 7, the spacer l having an upwardly and forwardly inclined. tongue 5 located between the side bars 2, the side bars being cut away upon their upper and lower edges to correspond with the inclination of the tongue 5. `Plates or retainers 6 extend transversely of the side bars 2 at the for- Il I) CHILDS `VEHICLE.

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ward ends thereof, and extend across the tongue 5 of the spacer fl. Securing devices 8 connect the plates 6 with ofthe side bars 2, as shown inV F igure 4f.

A shaft 9 is mounted to rotatein the tongue 5 of the 'spacer 4' and in the plates 6. The shaft 9 is disposed at right angles tothe tongue 5,1as shown in Figure 1, but because the tongue 5is upwardly and tor'- wardly inclined, the shaft 9 is rearwardly inclined from its lower end toward its `upper end. The shaft 9 may be fixed in the Spacer tongue 5, .it v'desired A. Ueshaped 'trame 10 is mounted to swing' on the lower end oli the shat't 9, a washer 23 being interposed between the upper portion of the frame 10 and the adjacent plate 6. Ati'ont vheel 11 is located in the 'trame 10 and is journaled on an axle y12 carried by the frame 10.,

A bar 14 extends transversely ofthe depending, extensions- 3 of' the side A,bars 2 and Ais connected thereto by seciiiring elements 15. The bar 1/1'is provided atits outer ends with upstanding arms 1G terminatingl in dependii'ig lingers 17, in j 1G. Internfiediatel its ends. the har 14 is prothe forward ends j Contact with the arms i vided with a depending' U-shaped exteusion 18. i

An axle 19 is journaled tor rotation in the arms 16 and in the fingers 17, the arms and the lingers termine' an adequate support for the axle. The axle passesithrough enlarged openings 20 Yformed in the vextensions 3 oi the side bars 2. Intermediate its ends, the axle 19 is provided with a crank 21. The U-shaped part 18l ot the baule., accommodates the crank 21 when the vehicle is in operation. A wheel 22 is loose on the axle 19 but is held thereon, for rotation.` by a cotter pin 24 Aand a washer 25, or in any other suitable way. The axle 1f) passes. throukrryh :a wheel 26 and through the bulgcd portion27 of a hub plate 28 uturlied h v securing devices 2f) to the wheel; il ,witter pin 3() or the like extends through the hu'lged portion 2i' of the hub plate and ioo through one end olf the axle 19, as shown in j Figure 6, the wheel 26 thus being connected to the axle 19, to rota-te therewith. Since the wheel 26 is secured to the axle 19, the wheel 22 being rotatable on the axle,the eii'ect ot' a dierential is secured, by an exceedingly simple mechanism.

A pitman 8l is disposed between the side y leranh' 251 of the aXle i9.

bars 2 of the iframe il? the lower end of the pi'tman being mounted pivotally on the At its upper end1 the pitman 31 vis provided with a *foik having outwardly exteiidel'l lourh le mounted to rock in bearings 34 held byvsecuringy elements 35 on a platform BLG 'liaving an enlarged rearV end 37, andjincluding an enlarged forward end 38, the elements 37 and 38 being connectedby a reduced neck 39. A pivot element 40 is mounted in the rside bars 2, and on the pivot element, a

standard 4l is mounted to swing, thev standard extending downwardly between the side bars Angle brackets 4Q .are shown,r the depending arms of the `angle brackets bcing connected by securing elements 43 to 'the standard 41 the outstanding arms of the'angle brackets being connected Kby securing elements 4d to the reduce-d neck of the platform 36. At its forward-erich the vplat'lor'm 36 is equipped with un upstanding projection 45: which maybe a ligure simulating the appearance of the head ol a horse or other animal, a transverse handle d6 beirpstanding arms;

`the pivot element lO,v the berpi() extends rearwardly `the wheel li is so dlsposed with respect Ato the shaitthat the vehice will tend to vlreep a straight 'coursef A`lllhehj liowevery-tlie operator exerts a dateral thrust wl'thone ifoot upon the loor,

thev vehicle may be turned in any direction '(wing to the 'fact that the shaft 9 is rearwardly inclined from its forward end toward its upper end', the operator can steer or turn the vehicle laterally, without apprecia-bleV effort, notwithstanding the fact that the rearwardly inclined member 10 normally Ltends to keep the` vehicle on a straight course..

Having thus described the invention,

lwhat is clain'ied is: y n

ln a device of the class describedra vltrame comprising side bars; u wheel carried by the orwari'l end of the frame; a platform mounted to tilt on the 4irame; a bar extended transversely of the side bars and located at the rear thereof, tbe bar being provided intermediateits ends with a depending eX- tensioin and being supplied at its ends with an axle located in the arms and provided with a crank movable through the extension; wheelsjcarried by the axle and held against inward .movement ybv the arms; and 'a pitmaii Yforming aconnectioii between the craiil; and the platform. ln testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own`r we have hereto aiiiied oii-r signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

'EDB MILLIS MCCDURE. Jell/IES (.)M-ER MoMURPfl-Y. 'lVi'tnesses i i HARLEY Ki'Ni-n;\1 Aix/ros GGE. 

